WEBVTT - Hands on Impressions with Samsung's Galaxy S20 Phones 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:14.680 Hands on impressions of Samsung's new Galaxy lineup and their 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:18.760 new flip phone. Mac malware is on the rise. Siri 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:24.000 has Election Smarts plus Your Tech Questions Answered. What's going on? 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:26.680 I'm Rich Dmiro and this is Rich on Tech, the 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:29.240 podcast where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:32.559 you should know about and I answer the questions that 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.320 you send me. My name is Rich Demiro, tech reporter 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:38.640 at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Joining me is 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:42.160 producer Megan, who's still trying to figure out what percentage 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.080 of Jeff Bezos's wealth it took to buy the most 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:46.120 expensive house in LA. 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:49.199 Hello Meghan, Hello, what's going on? 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:53.200 You know, I don't know, just a lot just getting 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:55.080 through a lot of stuff. 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:56.680 So weird, isn't it. 0:00:57.000 --> 0:01:00.279 We were talking about this earlier, but I always wonder what, 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.200 like what it you know, how you log into your 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:03.760 bank account? Do you have like an app on your 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:05.759 phone or just like shows your balance? 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:06.200 Yeah? 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:07.960 Yeah, like most people check it like all the time, 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:09.440 right to like see if you have enough to like 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:11.640 cover whatever, Like can you imagine? 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:13.959 I always think about this, like not even just. 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.840 Jeff Bezos, but like you're like a crazy celebrity like 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:18.760 Tom Hanks, does he have to do that? 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.080 You know what, I'm going to assume they don't even 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:21.680 have the app. 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:23.160 They don't even have the app, Like he doesn't have 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:25.200 like the Chase Banking app on his phone or like 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:26.040 Bank of America. 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:27.160 Probably not. 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:28.399 He just doesn't need it. 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.880 That's frustrating, but it's just funny for like most people. 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:33.399 It's like, I mean, my parents don't do that. I 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:34.880 mean they don't have like an app. They don't even 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:35.679 use like the ATM. 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.160 Wait, this is such a great question, Like why isn't 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:40.800 Jimmy Fallon asking like these people when. 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:45.160 Oh, my celebrities like like hey, uh, what does it 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.480 look like when you open up your bank account your Bank. 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:48.000 Of America app? 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:49.440 Oh, it's not like what does it look like? It's 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:51.400 like do you have the app? And like do they 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:53.560 know of it? You know? Like I want I just 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:54.480 I don't know, but. 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.800 I would just I would just stare at that figure 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.520 unless like since there's so much interest being accrued, it 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.280 probably just like changes every second, like with more money 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:02.920 on there. 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:04.880 You know how they do those Vogue videos where they 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:09.520 like show their houses, They're like hey yeah, yeah, like hey, 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.000 I'm gonna show you my bank account. 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.519 Yeah, day, here's my savings, which has like seventy four 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:14.120 million in it. 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:14.440 Yeah. 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.760 This is my tiny fun account, which like I just 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:18.880 keep like a million in there. 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:20.799 Yeah, I just have one hundred thousand, like if I'm 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:22.839 you know, just going to dinner or lunch. 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:27.280 Just just to have uh one can dream. Let's talk 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:31.800 about something closer to home. The Samsung Galaxy event happened 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.240 this week, and this was there was a little failure 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:37.720 to launch at the beginning, but then it all worked out. 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:41.000 So originally last week and I can talk about this 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.840 now because I'm not under embargo anymore. But last week 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.560 I was supposed to go to a Samsung event, was 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.000 like a private hands on event in San Francisco where 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.359 they give you an hour with the phone and you 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.000 kind of shoot some videos so that you have a 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:56.000 heads up for when it actually launches, you can release 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.440 all your videos. It's mostly meant for like YouTubers and 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.600 influencers so that they can release their video as soon 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:06.040 as that deadline is open. They call embargoes, like they'll 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.280 say Tuesday at eleven, you can show off your stuff, 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.959 but you have it on Friday, so imagine you have 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.480 the whole weekend to like polish your videos, get them ready, 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.640 and have them ready to go, time them out. Well, 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:18.840 that was supposed to be me, but that didn't happen 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:22.160 because my flight was so severely delayed to San Francisco 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:24.480 that I couldn't make it. Long story short, we had 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:26.600 the event on Tuesday. That's when we got our first 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.120 look at this device. We were a little behind, but 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.600 it was fine. Our video still did really well. We 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.920 still got our segment for TV and we now know 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.640 what the Galaxy S twenty series is all about. Three 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:43.600 different phones. They're all five G compatible, which is kind 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.320 of a first. That's a big all in on five 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.520 G for Samsung. And the main things that have changed 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.280 is the camera, of course, because the camera is the 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.120 most important part of any phone. Samsung told me that 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.040 it is their biggest revamp of the camera since the 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:01.960 Galaxy S seven, which is about four years ago. That's 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:04.800 big now, I will tell you. In the time that 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:06.640 I saw these cameras, we were not able to take 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.880 them outside, so I couldn't really tell if these cameras 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.640 are amazing or if there's a lot of hype going on. 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.880 I will say I think that the one hundred times zoom, 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.320 which one of these phones does, is kind of a 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:19.960 lot of hype because you're never going to get a 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:21.960 picture good enough with one hundred time zoom. That's going 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:24.400 to be anything you want right now if you lived 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:25.640 in New York City and you just want to use 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.040 it to spy on people you know across the street. 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.799 Fine, but I liked. 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:33.120 Your comment about it. What you know, the thing about 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:34.799 your kids and going to their place. 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:36.720 Oh that I can sit in the back seat now 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:37.560 and not feel guilty. 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:39.239 Yeah, like that's great. 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.960 It is now. The phones do have a good zoom. 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.560 So they've got like anywhere from three times optical all 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.720 the way up to ten times optical. 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:47.360 Which is pretty good. 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:47.839 Yeah. 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.360 So the iPhone has like I think two times optical, 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:54.080 which you know is fine, but this is gonna be nice. 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:56.240 So some of the other features on the phone. You 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:58.440 got three devices. One is a six point two in 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:01.719 screen six point seven and point nine. The large one, 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.320 the S twenty Ultra five G is a big phone. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:08.279 I mean is a large phone, and it's a powerful phone. 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:10.000 That's the most powerful model on there. 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.279 And I mean, really, what you need to know is 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.560 the camera is improved. Is it a better camera? We 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.719 won't know until we try it out. We have to 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:22.839 try it out in everyday situations, low light, lots of light, movement, 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.560 all this stuff. But if I had to guess, I 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.039 would think that Samsung brought it with the camera because 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:31.560 they need to. The iPhone camera's pretty amazing. Let's see 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:34.080 what other things are there. There's this feature called single Take, 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.120 which the only time I could ever see it being 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.640 useful is if you're trying to capture your kids first 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:42.200 steps or a birthday party when someone's blown out candles. 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.800 You press the button once and it kind of just 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.400 captures a whole bunch of videos and pictures and affects 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:48.440 them all at the same time. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:50.280 Yeah, I thought that that was kind of cool. 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.000 It's cool, it's kind of fun. 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:52.479 Yeah. 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:55.240 Again, for the average consumer, they're gonna use a lot 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.240 of these features the first time they get their phone. 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:58.800 They're gonna show them to their friends, like, let me 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:00.719 show you a hundred time zoom and then that's it. 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:02.919 You're not really going to use on time zoom now, 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:06.160 thirty times zoom. Sure, even ten times zoom is. 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.240 Going to be great. Are the pictures going to be 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:09.599 that great. Probably not. 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.359 I never use zoom on my phone. 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:16.000 I try not to, Yeah, because as a rule I 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.040 want the highest quality pictures exactly, and if you're zooming in, 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.679 you're not getting the highest quality pictures. Now, optical zoom 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.839 you are. So if you can use optical, that's fine, 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.320 but the rest of it you don't want to use. 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:30.280 There's eight K video, which, again, how good is eight 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.200 K video going to be on the very first phone 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:34.080 that does eight K video? Not very good, So you 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.320 don't want to use that. It's limited to five minutes, 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.920 so you can't really even take much video away. 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:40.679 Because it would take up all the space on the phone. 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.000 I think they limit it for various reasons, but yeah, 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.880 one of them is probably space and just other considerations. 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:47.599 Probably use a lot of horsepower on the phone and 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.240 you can't really sustain that for very long. I'm guessing. 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.320 HD video chat with Google Duo. 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:55.920 Google Duo, when it came out a couple years ago, 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.080 I thought was the coolest thing to ever happen in 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.000 video chat, and still nobody knows about it. 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:02.839 Right, You know FaceTime, you know Skype. 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.440 But when after FaceTime, video chat falls off a cliff, 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.240 you can't even mention another program that people use for 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:09.880 video chat. 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:11.400 Yeah, that's true. 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:12.200 It's crazy. 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.560 Did you ever, like, did you use people do? 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:16.440 The only person I can get is my brother, who 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:19.880 is an Android fanatic, and that's it. And so it's 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.080 you're not going to get a person that's an iPhone 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.600 user to download another video chat app unless you're a 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.360 cross platform and you're on Android and they're on iPhone 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:30.720 and you're like, please, can you download this? I swear 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.800 the sign up's not that tough. But iPhone users default 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.360 to everything iPhone and Apple because it's just easy. It's 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:38.280 built in and it's already there, right, and that's been 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.480 part of Apple's magic as well. Pricing for these new 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.600 phones starting at one thousand dollars for the S twenty, 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.960 twelve hundred dollars for the mid range S twenty plus, 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.520 and then fourteen hundred dollars for the S twenty Ultra 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:54.640 five G, which is the granddaddy of all phones. Pre 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.040 Orders begin on the twenty first of February. The phones 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:58.520 are in stores on March. 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:03.400 Sixth, and my uh oh. 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.800 The ram was also if you're really interested in this stuff, 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.440 if you're like an Android nerd, you're interested in the RAM, 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.640 which is twelve gig standard, which is a lot of horsepower, okay, 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.600 and then storage is one twenty eight standard, and it 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.280 can go all the way up to one point five 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:22.520 terabytes with a micro SD card, so you can really 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.760 store a lot of stuff on these things. And the 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.440 batteries are huge as well. Four thousand million powers, forty 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:31.440 five hundred million powers and five thousand million powers, which 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:33.480 is the most I've ever seen on a phone. I 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.640 think even the iPhone tops out at like three thousand 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:40.120 million powers. So these are powerful phones, but Samsung has 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.240 always been known for powerful phones. They throw a lot 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.320 of specs at things. Does it all add up to 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.120 being like the best phone in the world. A lot 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.120 of times the iPhone still beats them in various ways, 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.480 like the camera this year, But we're have to see. 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:52.240 I will tell you. 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.440 Just in passing the you know, going hands on with 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:59.600 these devices, of course, I fell in love with them 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:03.200 and I want them, or at least the Ultra Yeah, 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.280 kind of. I always get this idea of like, oh 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.719 my gosh, it's so you know, like there's just things 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:10.880 you could do on Android that are so simpler, so 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.720 much simpler than you can do on iOS, right, And 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.320 it's just until you use it for a bit, you 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.320 can't realize like why Android's simpler in a lot of ways, 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.520 whereas iOS makes you do a lot of taps, and 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:25.800 like just one example I always give, I'll give two examples, okay, 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:28.400 and this is a very real world example because I'm 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.440 always researching restaurants. Let's say you're reading an article about 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:33.840 a restaurant and they have a link to like the 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:38.200 restaurant's Instagram page. Right, Like yesterday, I was on an 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:42.199 article La Times linked to their La Times Food which 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.520 had a picture of this cheeseburger from this restaurant in 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:48.640 Santa Monica. And on Android, number one, I can click 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:52.120 those links and bring me into Instagram versus on iOS. 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:53.920 It brings you into a browser that has Instagram, then 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:55.839 you have to open up Instagram and blah blah. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:57.520 So two things. So that's number one. 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.280 Second thing you're able to do on Android is actually 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.520 press and hold down the home button, and that will 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:06.520 scan the screen for any pertinent information like the restaurant 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.520 name and it's Yelp review, And so instantly I can 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.480 go from Instagram looking at this picture to pressing down 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.680 the home button, which scans Google Assistant for anything that's 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.840 on the screen and then gives me everything I need 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.440 to know about that restaurant. Here's it's Google page, right, 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:22.400 And it's just a simple thing that's like really tough 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:25.920 to explain, but it's super useful. And so I instantly 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.240 bookmarked this restaurant on Yelp and took a little note 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:31.640 that said try the cheeseburger in like two seconds. On iPhone, 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:34.240 that would have taken me a lot of cross searching. 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:36.000 I would have had to go into Chrome or into 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.680 browser and like search the restaurant name. Remember the restaurant name. 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:40.240 Then once I get it in the browser, I get 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.640 to like click it and hope it takes me into Yelp. 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:44.120 And then if it doesn't take me into Yelp, I 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.000 have to go into Yelp and search again. 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.480 So or if you like swipe up on Instagram, like 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.040 on a link, yeah, it would take you like directly 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:54.360 to whatever Chrome to like look at that link. But 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:56.880 on the iPhone it'll just open within the app. So 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:58.520 it looks saw messed up, which is what you're saying. 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:02.960 I actually Instagram on the on Android. This is an abnormality. 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.880 Instagram does use its own in app browser, and that's 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:09.240 an Instagram thing. They decided they're not using like any 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.439 browser that goes into the actual system. Okay, so I 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.119 don't know why they do that. It is very complicated. 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.240 And you know, again, it's like a little thing like this, 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.520 like you open up a link on YouTube on the 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:22.280 iPhone and it's going to bring you into like this 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.240 small YouTube thing that you may not be signed in on. 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.000 And so next thing, No, I want to watch that 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:29.839 video later, but I can't say save later because it's 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:31.560 like we'll sign into YouTube. What do you mean sign 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.480 in like I am. It's like very confusing. Yeah, so anyway, 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.640 I fell in love with these devices. I will say 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.560 in passing my impression of the camera that I saw 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.720 in the like terrible lighting conditions that they had there 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.480 was not very good. It wasn't like taking better pictures 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:51.120 than my pixel, and so I have to kind of 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.880 see if that was an abnormality of the lighting. The 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:55.920 lighting was terrible. The pixel pictures weren't. 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:56.200 Very good either. 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:58.120 Yeah, we really couldn't get a good idea. 0:11:58.160 --> 0:11:59.559 But I will say we took a lot of video 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.680 on the I phone with our like social media and 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:03.559 it came out amazing. 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.520 Yes, so I also am just like so not used 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:07.240 to taking a picture on it. 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.600 Pes you get your your very iPhone. 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.880 A lot of the biased are yeah, and it's bad. Okay. 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.720 I think once they figure out like making how to 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:17.960 make stories look good. 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.200 This is this is very true. 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.240 This is Megan's big thing, and I do agree with that. 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:25.599 But if you look at if you post. 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.599 An Instagram story from your Samsung or your Pixel or 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.679 any other phone that's not iPhone, no, they are terrible looking. 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.560 And the people that are posting them don't realize this. 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:36.880 And so when you look at it on an iPhone, 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.440 I'm I will literally go back to my iPhone and 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.480 take a look and be like, does this look that bad? 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:43.760 No, it looks fine on iPhone. 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.000 So if I were to watch a Samsung story on 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.160 a Samsung, it will look good when. 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:49.080 You're posting it. It does. 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.439 I feel like it just doesn't. It's not the same. 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:52.600 They don't have the same codex. 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:56.360 I feel like, Okay, all right, well are so if 0:12:56.400 --> 0:13:00.200 you want Rich to answer your tech questions, just go 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.120 to his website, Rich on tech dot tv and hit 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:07.160 the contact button. Our first question comes from Michael. It's 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:10.160 actually really a comment. He said, Rich. There is way 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.480 too much emphasis being placed on five G devices by 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:17.920 the telecom companies and device makers. Verizon has five G 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:23.480 downtown and Santa Monica only in LA. Companies like Samsung 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.680 are pitching five G phones. Obviously, these phones just launched 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:30.800 and they have five G, but there's nowhere to use it. Basically, 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.840 buying a phone or any mobile device with five G 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.440 is a waste. Five G towers may be installed in 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.040 the next two to three years, but by then the 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.880 device you bought in twenty twenty is dated. So what 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.360 are your thoughts on that? 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:46.160 That's a good question. 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.840 I'm actually looking at my address on T Mobile because 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:54.640 T Mobile has nationwide five G. Okay, curious like what 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:58.080 their deal is with their you know, five G. So 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:02.440 let's see if it has it in my and it 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:06.040 does actually, So here's the thing I think that I 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:06.960 understand Michael. 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:08.200 I understand his argument. 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.520 He's saying that the telecom companies are pushing five G, 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.880 pushing five G, but you have to understand their standpoint. 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.520 They are marketing machines, They're spending a lot of money 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:18.600 to upgrade to five G. 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:20.800 They're not gonna just sit back. 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:23.120 They're gonna try to get as many people on board 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.440 as possible to help subsidize some of these new towers 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:27.400 and things that they're building. 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:28.720 Is it a lot of hype? 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.480 Yes, at this point it is. Is there anyone I've 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.480 met or run into that's saying, rich, five G has 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:38.480 changed my life? It's so amazing. No, Will it happen, Yes, 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:43.680 eventually over time. And I think that Samsung going all 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:46.880 in on these five G phones right now. Number one, 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.640 They did it in a unique way. They, except for 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:53.120 the lowest model phone, which is the Samsung Galaxy S twenty, 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:56.920 the S twenty plus and the Ultra, support all the 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:00.480 flavors of five G that are out there, which means 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.560 Verizon's building a network that doesn't really is a little 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.760 bit different than the way that T Mobile built their network. 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.920 But the phones have the technology built in to handle 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:09.720 both networks. 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:16.200 Does that make sense? So again, and do they not 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:17.480 have they have five G as well? 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.160 They have a different Now every carrier. 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.200 Has five G at this point. They're all building them 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.320 in slightly different ways. Some of them overlap, for instance, 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:26.440 or some I don't want to get in the weeds. 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:27.640 It's different. 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:31.320 There's just different ways of doing it, and you know 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.240 every carrier is kind of doing it differently. But these 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.040 phones have the technology built in to handle both types 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:39.120 of networks that you can build. So is it a 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:41.600 lot of hype, Yes, but you got to think on 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:44.240 the flip side, Michael. People are upgrading their phones today 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:48.640 and keeping them for three years, So the system is 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:51.000 going to evolve over three years and be better, and 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:52.960 so that the phone you got today, yeah, is it 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:54.560 going to be the best phone in three years? No, 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.720 But you're still gonna be able to ride that wave 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:58.600 as these five G. 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.360 Networks get better, right because obviously they've done like the 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.600 math and they see that, like you said, people upgrade 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:05.560 every two to three years. 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.720 Yeah, and I forget the I just Samsung just told 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:09.440 me that number. 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:12.640 I'm like less than two years. I feel like once 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:14.960 I hit the like year and a half mark, I 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.200 already want the next phone. But then again, I'm like 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.680 three years behind with my new phone with okay. 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:23.160 Current, So upgrade cycles are now four months longer. According 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:27.000 to Samsung with their Galaxy S devices, they're noticing that 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.440 people now upgrade every twenty seven months. It used to 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.560 be every twenty two months, so on average, if you 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.600 look at twenty seven months, that's a little over two years. 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:39.360 When people start to get that itch of like I 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.840 need a new phone. For me, it's every six months, 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:42.920 but that's just me. 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.080 It's more like every every two months, every two months, 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:47.520 but that's just because you switch back. 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.400 Yeah, when these new phones come out, I just get 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:50.440 very excited to try. 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:51.240 So are you going to buy? 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:52.800 I was? 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:54.920 I already put in the pre order kind of like 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:57.240 I got everything ready for the pre order so I 0:16:57.280 --> 0:16:58.800 may get a review unit from Samsung. 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.560 I'm not sure. Okay, try that first before I order, 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:03.480 but I did. I am. 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.439 I'm also trying to decide between the S twenty Plus 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:08.880 and the S twenty Ultra because I like the idea 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:10.240 of the Ultra, but I feel like it's too big 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:10.520 for me. 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:11.480 That's really hot. 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.000 I like a phone, well, I like the phone that 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:15.439 I like a phone that fits in my pocket, and 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:19.240 that's like a larger than you need, right right. Well, 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.520 there's another phone from Samsung, the Galaxy Z Flip, and 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.479 this one went bananas on my Facebook page. We did 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.280 a little video on this and Megan, how many views 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:27.680 did that. 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:31.600 Get like three billion, three million. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:35.240 Three million views over three million. Yeah, and it's clear 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:38.959 people are interested in these in these foldable These phones 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.960 with a foldable screen are very interesting to people because 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.240 it's something that you never saw before. And now we've 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:47.640 seen it about three or four times over the past year, 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.639 because don't forget it. Last year's Ces we saw our 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.720 first foldable tablet and that was like, whoa what, And 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.200 then we've had a couple foldable phones between now and then, 0:17:56.359 --> 0:18:02.119 the Samsung Galaxy Fold and also the the Motorola Razor, 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.120 which folds well. The z Flip is not as high 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.600 end as the other Samsung phones, but it's really cool 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:10.639 looking and we played with this. This is not a 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.639 phone for me, but I can see the appeal of 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:18.080 this phone because it's basically a Samsung Galaxy device. Let's 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:21.000 imagine it's from last year, like last year's model, let's 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.800 say last year's specs, but it folds in half, which 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.800 means it's kind of cool and I like that idea 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:28.920 because it fits in your pocket. It appeals to a 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:31.720 lot of people because of that reason. It's got a 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:35.800 six point seven inch display. Let's see the cameras, you know, 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.840 it's very standard cameras. You've got a ten megapixel on 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:40.959 the selfie, twelve megapixels on the other one. 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:41.800 You've got a wide angle. 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.320 You've got eight gigabytes a RAM to fifty six storage, 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.080 thirty three hundred million hour battery. 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.359 So it's a good phone. Yeah, it's not gonna be 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:49.960 your high end. 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:52.240 You're not gonna use this as a creation phone, but 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:54.879 it's enough for like just doing fun stuff. 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:55.600 This is it. 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:57.600 You're looking at a video of on Instagram at rich 0:18:57.680 --> 0:18:59.600 On Tech and again it fits in the palm of 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.239 your hand. And the cool thing is there are some 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:03.720 fun things you can do with it, like set it 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:05.960 on a table and watch video because it acts as 0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:06.960 its own little tripod. 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:08.879 Yeah, which is cool. 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:11.680 You can you know, you can take selfies because it's 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:13.080 like again, it's own little tripod. 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:14.560 So it's cool. 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:16.840 It's thirteen hundred and eighty dollars and it'll be on 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:21.359 sale on Valentine's Day. So they kind of surprised everyone 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:24.080 with this, and it's cool. I think that a lot 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:27.440 of people. A lot of the videos that I watched, 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:31.040 the reviewers were they didn't do standard reviews on them 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:32.840 just yet because nobody's had this for long enough to 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:36.159 do a review, but everyone's kind of pleasantly surprised. Like 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:38.960 Samsung got this right. It's a good phone out of 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:41.720 the gate. It's not something that i'd recommend as like 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:44.359 a high end phone, but it's high end in like 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:47.359 a way of this is futuristic. It f's in your pocket. 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.320 It's kind of a cool phone. Yeah, if you have 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:52.200 a Galaxy and you don't need the high powered stuff, 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.840 all those extra features, then you get this and it's 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:57.199 it's kind of a neat little device. 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:02.439 One of the comments is funny, Scott DG. This is 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:06.639 on your Instagram. Everything old is new again, looking forward 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:10.320 to the Samsung rotary. That's funny. 0:20:10.359 --> 0:20:11.120 Oh that's a good one. 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:12.200 Yeah, that's next. 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:13.320 Actually not a bad idea. 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:15.280 I don't even know what a rotary is. 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:17.920 Oh, it's a rotary phone, like like you a turn 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:21.600 little dial. Oh, but that's not a bad idea for Samsung, 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:23.840 just for fun to come out with a phone or 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:26.800 someone that would actually be a rotary phone that sits 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:28.680 in your house that would use cellular. 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:31.280 Okay, be kind of cool, or just like an app 0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:32.080 that you can. 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:34.320 I'm sure they have on an iPhone. 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:38.960 That's cool, all right. So this next question comes from Steve. 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:41.359 This kind of goes back to what we were talking 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:46.040 about earlier. When I Google, for instance, a restaurant and 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:48.600 there is a map showing its location or a button 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:52.480 for directions, my iPhone opens my Apple Maps app, but 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.800 shows me my current location and not the location of 0:20:55.840 --> 0:20:58.880 the restaurant and or the directions to it. So why 0:20:58.880 --> 0:20:59.400 does that happen? 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:02.560 Oh, this is talking about differences between iOS and Android. Yeah, 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:06.720 this is another difference. And this is the thing. None 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:10.080 of these are deal breakers, none of these are enough. Look, 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.080 Apple has some of the most popular phones in the world, 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:16.600 especially here in the US, and I have never met 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:19.640 maybe I've met a handful of people who are like rich. 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:21.480 It's really annoying that when I click. 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:23.840 And this is another example I'm gonna give when I'm 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:27.720 in Yelp on the iPhone, it kills me that I 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:31.240 cannot press that directions button on there and get directions 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:34.280 to a place because it will open Apple Maps, which 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:37.160 I don't have installed on my iPhone. So that means 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:39.480 it'll say broken link. Do you want us to download 0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:41.720 this from the app store? And I say no, there's 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:44.600 a reason why I don't have it. Let me set 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:48.920 Apple Maps as our Google Maps as my mapping app. Now, 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:51.639 I remember there used to be away in Yelp on 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:53.280 the iPhone to do that, and I think they took 0:21:53.320 --> 0:21:53.680 it away. 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:56.520 It's funny because I love Apple Maps. 0:21:56.640 --> 0:21:57.120 Do you really? 0:21:57.160 --> 0:21:59.359 I think it looks beautiful. It just doesn't work. It 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:02.200 doesn't route you the right way. It does not have 0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:05.919 the information that Google has. Okay, period, I've tried it. 0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:07.760 I sat there and you know when I went all 0:22:07.800 --> 0:22:09.800 in on the iPhone. Yeah, when I was writing my book. 0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:11.720 I'm sitting there and I'm trying to use it, and I'm. 0:22:11.600 --> 0:22:14.200 Like, this is great. It looks beautiful, it's so. 0:22:14.080 --> 0:22:17.720 Smooth the animations, and yes, it's gotten better, but at 0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:19.800 the end of the day, it does not bring you 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:23.360 to the places you need to go in a proper format. 0:22:23.680 --> 0:22:27.120 Yeah, the only thing on a regular basis, I honestly 0:22:27.160 --> 0:22:29.879 have never really had these issues with Apple Maps, but 0:22:30.680 --> 0:22:33.920 Google Maps for me, maybe you can fix this. There's 0:22:33.960 --> 0:22:37.000 a delay, Like there's like a little bit of a lag. 0:22:37.080 --> 0:22:39.520 I've noticed, Like I'll be going and then it'll all 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:41.280 like pass the street and I'll be like turn left 0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:42.720 here and I'm like, well, I didn't get in the 0:22:42.800 --> 0:22:46.280 left hand turn lane. Like there's a total I've never. 0:22:46.160 --> 0:22:49.040 Had that problem. That could be isolated to just mage. 0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:52.600 Maybe it's just my it could be. I mean there 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:55.399 are like hear it five seconds later for raps. 0:22:55.440 --> 0:22:57.840 I mean there are definitely sometimes when I'm waiting for 0:22:57.880 --> 0:22:59.760 my maps to kind of catch up to where I'm going. 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:02.280 If you're disoriented, you just got on the you know. 0:23:02.280 --> 0:23:04.760 Off the airplane, and you're like going somewhere like in 0:23:04.800 --> 0:23:06.600 a rental car, and I'm like, do I need. 0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:07.359 To make a love to write let me. 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:13.080 Sometimes happens Apple. Okay, I will give this to Apple Maps. 0:23:13.600 --> 0:23:15.600 I will okay, I will give this to Apple Maps. 0:23:15.720 --> 0:23:20.159 You are right now. I will tell you this. 0:23:21.480 --> 0:23:25.200 It mainly why do I always do that one? That's 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:27.600 what I meant to do. I will tell you this 0:23:28.880 --> 0:23:33.360 walking directions specifically, Apple Maps does a better job of 0:23:33.760 --> 0:23:37.360 finding your location quicker, getting a lock on that location, 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:39.840 and navigating around. I don't know why that is, but 0:23:39.920 --> 0:23:42.920 I have noticed that. Yeah, So I don't know. That's 0:23:43.000 --> 0:23:46.320 that's just one thing I've noticed. All right, Okay, so 0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:48.320 what do we answer the question. Yeah, So the thing 0:23:48.359 --> 0:23:51.680 is it's just it's the Android versus iOS. iOS does 0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:55.480 not let you set defaults, which means, no matter what 0:23:55.480 --> 0:23:57.480 whatever you're clicking on, it's not going to take you 0:23:57.520 --> 0:24:00.840 to that thing because it's not It doesn't let you 0:24:00.880 --> 0:24:02.720 set to faults. Even if you have the Chrome web 0:24:02.760 --> 0:24:05.879 browser installed on your iPhone, any link you click is 0:24:05.880 --> 0:24:06.920 not going to take you to Chrome. 0:24:06.960 --> 0:24:08.680 It's going to take you to Safari. Yeah. 0:24:08.680 --> 0:24:11.600 And so basically, Steve, you should probably be using the 0:24:11.640 --> 0:24:14.720 Safari app. He's using the Google app. So if you 0:24:14.720 --> 0:24:16.480 were to use the Safari app and go to a 0:24:16.520 --> 0:24:18.560 restaurant address and click on that, it would take him 0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:20.000 to Google Maps or Apple Maps. 0:24:20.040 --> 0:24:22.040 Yeah, take him to Apple Maps, yes, Notchrome. 0:24:22.240 --> 0:24:23.679 Yeah, So I will tell you this. 0:24:23.720 --> 0:24:25.240 So this is the other thing that it's which is 0:24:25.280 --> 0:24:29.320 also confusing Google codes their apps with what are called 0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:33.120 deep links, which means when you click a link on Safari, 0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:36.600 it's actually kind of tricking the iOS operating system into 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:40.959 opening Google Maps because normally it defaults to Apple Maps. 0:24:41.119 --> 0:24:44.520 But Google has hard coded that link to actually take 0:24:44.600 --> 0:24:46.679 you into its app, and that's. 0:24:46.560 --> 0:24:47.639 Something that developers can do. 0:24:47.720 --> 0:24:49.399 Google is very good about it because they want to 0:24:49.440 --> 0:24:51.000 keep you in the Google ecosystem. 0:24:51.240 --> 0:24:52.560 So let me give you an example. 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:55.200 I use Gmail on my phone and I click links 0:24:55.200 --> 0:24:57.560 in Gmail to an address, it will take me into 0:24:57.600 --> 0:25:01.600 Google Maps. It's not happening, Nat, It's happening because Google 0:25:02.000 --> 0:25:04.200 is kind of tricking the system with these deep links. 0:25:04.280 --> 0:25:06.120 Okay, I'm gonna try it right now. So you're on 0:25:06.119 --> 0:25:07.640 what I looked up Nobo. 0:25:08.000 --> 0:25:11.600 So you looked up Nobuo R and why on Safari? 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:14.920 On Safari, So look up noboo and on Google and 0:25:15.200 --> 0:25:16.440 do directions right there? 0:25:16.600 --> 0:25:19.920 Big link? Okay, that which one? Either one. Let's see 0:25:19.920 --> 0:25:20.280 what happens. 0:25:20.320 --> 0:25:22.320 You're clicking the map link and it takes you into 0:25:22.800 --> 0:25:26.479 Google Maps. Yep, that's because they have hard coded that 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:29.360 from Google Search. They said, oh, we want to make sure. 0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:30.960 We're going to check to see if you have Google 0:25:30.960 --> 0:25:33.520 Maps installed on your phone. This is why it's so confusing, 0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:35.560 because half the time, if a developer has taken the 0:25:35.600 --> 0:25:37.880 time to deep link it, it'll work. 0:25:37.960 --> 0:25:38.160 Right. 0:25:38.440 --> 0:25:41.000 If they haven't, it takes you to Apple Maps. You're like, wait, well, 0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:41.720 I'm confused. 0:25:41.800 --> 0:25:43.920 It's very interesting, very confusing. 0:25:43.880 --> 0:25:46.000 And I think that's part of the reason why Google 0:25:46.080 --> 0:25:48.920 Maps changed their logo because now it's much more clear 0:25:48.960 --> 0:25:51.760 that this is a different app than Apple Maps. 0:25:51.880 --> 0:25:52.720 Very competitive. 0:25:52.960 --> 0:25:56.640 Yes, other things to talk about from the Samsung event 0:25:56.720 --> 0:25:58.520 Galaxy Buds Plus. 0:25:59.000 --> 0:25:59.840 And you got to. 0:25:59.840 --> 0:26:02.080 Pay Galaxy Buds at the last event, right, Yes, they 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:04.919 gave you a test repair. Yeah, and you used them 0:26:04.960 --> 0:26:06.639 for a while before. You're just made fun of you 0:26:06.680 --> 0:26:09.760 and said you should have air pods. Yep, and now 0:26:09.800 --> 0:26:13.439 they've been banished. But Galaxy Buds Plus are the new version. 0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:16.639 And get this, the even the newest air pods have 0:26:16.720 --> 0:26:21.119 about I think four to five hours of time use time. Now, 0:26:21.119 --> 0:26:23.359 I've never had a problem with battery life on AirPods 0:26:23.359 --> 0:26:24.359 ever in my life. 0:26:24.480 --> 0:26:29.200 Thrown back in they charge super easy. Yeah, but the Galaxy. 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:33.360 Buds now have eleven hours of playback on a single charge. 0:26:33.680 --> 0:26:36.120 That is quite impressives. 0:26:36.800 --> 0:26:39.160 When you put them in the case, you are getting 0:26:39.600 --> 0:26:43.040 an additional eleven hours. So you're talking twenty two hours. 0:26:43.160 --> 0:26:45.600 What are you doing where you needed to be charged? No, 0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:47.320 it just means you can go days without. 0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:48.720 Charging it, right basically. 0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:53.320 Now, Also, you could be traveling a far distance, maybe 0:26:53.359 --> 0:26:55.040 you're on a plane for a long time. That's when 0:26:55.040 --> 0:26:58.640 it really comes into play. I've actually started to use 0:26:58.680 --> 0:27:01.359 headphones less because I read this book about the body 0:27:01.400 --> 0:27:04.720 I've talked about, and it was saying how our ears 0:27:04.720 --> 0:27:06.960 were not really meant to have headphones in them at 0:27:07.000 --> 0:27:09.280 all times. There's little tiny hairs in your ear that 0:27:09.320 --> 0:27:11.840 helps you that help you hear. Those are like the 0:27:11.880 --> 0:27:15.280 little they move in like the waves. So when you're 0:27:15.320 --> 0:27:18.679 blasting them. And I'm not a doctor, don't take this 0:27:18.840 --> 0:27:21.280 for you know, like any medical advice, but I'm just 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:23.320 saying it makes sense. The more you use them, the 0:27:23.320 --> 0:27:25.960 more you're wearing them out. The hairs, the little kind 0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:27.800 of receptors that are. 0:27:28.240 --> 0:27:30.560 That makes sense. I mean, it sounds like it makes sense. 0:27:30.680 --> 0:27:32.320 That's as a very basic version of it. 0:27:32.400 --> 0:27:36.040 Now an audiologist may dispute that, but it makes it 0:27:36.080 --> 0:27:38.040 made sense to me that the more you're using these, 0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:39.480 not like a muscle in your body where you can 0:27:39.560 --> 0:27:41.280 just work it out and it gets bigger and better, 0:27:41.640 --> 0:27:43.639 this is your ears, it gets worse. 0:27:43.920 --> 0:27:47.159 Yeah, So that is my thought, is that. 0:27:47.040 --> 0:27:49.000 Maybe I don't need headphones in all the time when 0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:51.119 I'm cruising through the airport or on a plane. So 0:27:51.160 --> 0:27:53.119 I've been trying to make a mindful effort to not 0:27:53.240 --> 0:27:54.000 use them as much. 0:27:55.160 --> 0:27:56.080 Take it for what it's worth. 0:27:56.119 --> 0:27:57.560 Do you hear better? No? 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:00.240 I still can't hear my wife when she yells me. 0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:04.080 Now here's another cool thing about these Galaxy buds. Plus 0:28:06.280 --> 0:28:09.399 you get sixty minutes of playback with just three minutes 0:28:09.440 --> 0:28:10.240 of quick charging. 0:28:10.560 --> 0:28:11.600 So have you ever had this thing? 0:28:11.640 --> 0:28:14.119 And it hasn't really happened to me recently, but there 0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:15.680 used to be a time when, like you would forget 0:28:15.680 --> 0:28:17.399 to charge your earbuds you go to the gym. 0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:19.480 You know, if I'm only like a heavy lifting day. 0:28:22.280 --> 0:28:23.800 I bet your sister love that job. 0:28:23.920 --> 0:28:25.439 Yeah, yeah, I don't do that. 0:28:25.520 --> 0:28:28.159 So my point he does not lift, so I do 0:28:28.359 --> 0:28:30.680 five pounds, yeah, five pound weights. 0:28:31.440 --> 0:28:33.320 So if you know, if you're in a big day 0:28:33.359 --> 0:28:34.399 where you're like going to the gym and all of 0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:36.160 a sudden your thing's not charged, you can put these 0:28:36.200 --> 0:28:38.440 on the charger for three minutes and you'll get sixty 0:28:38.440 --> 0:28:41.040 minutes of playback, which is great. You can also put 0:28:41.040 --> 0:28:43.560 them on the back of your phone because the Galaxy 0:28:43.560 --> 0:28:45.960 has what's called reverse charging. You can put them on 0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:48.440 the back of your Samsung phone and charge them for 0:28:48.440 --> 0:28:51.200 three minutes and get sixty minutes. If you you know, 0:28:51.280 --> 0:28:53.440 forget to charge your device and you get to the 0:28:53.480 --> 0:28:56.720 gym and it's totally dead. Three minutes on a charger 0:28:56.800 --> 0:28:58.960 and you're good to go for an hour. Now, for me, 0:28:59.200 --> 0:29:02.040 my workouts use last closer to like three to four hours, 0:29:02.400 --> 0:29:05.240 so this would not work out for my major lift sessions. 0:29:05.280 --> 0:29:09.080 So funny, but I'm kidding. 0:29:09.200 --> 0:29:10.000 That's a joke. 0:29:10.120 --> 0:29:13.080 Like my goal with the gym is to get in 0:29:13.160 --> 0:29:14.640 and out as fast as humanly. 0:29:14.920 --> 0:29:16.600 Goal with the gym is just to like look at 0:29:16.640 --> 0:29:18.480 the weights acknowledge their presence. 0:29:18.720 --> 0:29:20.680 I just wish it would work with just looking at 0:29:20.680 --> 0:29:24.280 them and not having that. That's the next and the. 0:29:24.280 --> 0:29:26.720 Other cool thing is that since Samsung has the reverse 0:29:26.800 --> 0:29:30.720 wireless charging, you can just place these Galaxy buds in 0:29:30.760 --> 0:29:33.320 their case on the back of your Galaxy phone. If 0:29:33.320 --> 0:29:35.880 you have one of the newer phones that reverse wireless charges, 0:29:35.920 --> 0:29:37.760 it'll charge them in three minutes and you get sixty 0:29:37.760 --> 0:29:38.480 minutes to work out. 0:29:39.160 --> 0:29:41.760 Wow. Sorry, I don't want to take this like Samsung 0:29:41.800 --> 0:29:45.000 thing away from Samsung, But can you do that with AirPods? 0:29:45.680 --> 0:29:49.000 No, the iPhone does not let you reverse wireless charge. 0:29:49.040 --> 0:29:51.080 It has wireless charging, it doesn't it will not charge 0:29:51.080 --> 0:29:53.600 another device, but you can charge your AirPods on the 0:29:53.600 --> 0:29:54.520 back of a Galaxy device. 0:29:54.560 --> 0:29:56.360 I'm sure there are a lot of like iPhone users 0:29:56.360 --> 0:29:58.280 that they were wondering that question though. 0:29:59.160 --> 0:30:02.280 You know, absolutely speaking for the people, and that would 0:30:02.280 --> 0:30:05.360 be a cool feature for Apple to do, and they probably. 0:30:05.080 --> 0:30:06.600 Will, Yeah, eventually. 0:30:06.720 --> 0:30:10.560 Apple usually is a little step behind. But when they 0:30:10.600 --> 0:30:13.840 do things, they do them polished. Yes, and I'm not 0:30:13.880 --> 0:30:16.800 saying Samsung's not polished, but Samsung, let's be honest, they 0:30:16.880 --> 0:30:21.160 like to try things and fail publicly. We've seen it 0:30:21.160 --> 0:30:24.920 with the Galaxy Note seven which lit on fire. They 0:30:25.000 --> 0:30:28.040 just send the hand to my house to like pick 0:30:28.080 --> 0:30:31.000 it up. They sent someone to pick. 0:30:30.960 --> 0:30:31.440 Up the device. 0:30:31.600 --> 0:30:33.000 I didn't know that that happened to you. 0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:35.800 I didn't blow up, but they recalled all the devices, 0:30:35.840 --> 0:30:38.560 including the review units. So I had one which I 0:30:38.560 --> 0:30:41.000 was secretly going to keep just to hike have it. 0:30:41.120 --> 0:30:43.280 I was gonna be like, oh. 0:30:42.720 --> 0:30:44.960 I don't have one, and sure enough they're like, no, no, 0:30:45.000 --> 0:30:47.320 We're sending someone to you to pick it up from. 0:30:47.200 --> 0:30:50.760 You, and so yeah, wow, I wish you had it. Yeah, 0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:53.640 that was I remember that that whole situation. 0:30:53.840 --> 0:30:56.960 Did keep the fire phone from Amazon. That was the 0:30:56.960 --> 0:30:57.360 other one. 0:30:57.920 --> 0:30:59.640 That was the one where they really wanted it back, 0:30:59.680 --> 0:31:02.640 and I was just like, I take it for another week, 0:31:02.760 --> 0:31:03.520 just to try something. 0:31:03.560 --> 0:31:05.000 And then they finally like, forgot that. 0:31:04.960 --> 0:31:07.320 If Jeff was using a fire phone when that whole 0:31:07.360 --> 0:31:08.600 hack happened. 0:31:08.240 --> 0:31:09.200 He wouldn't have been hacked. 0:31:09.560 --> 0:31:10.160 No, he would have. 0:31:10.200 --> 0:31:11.640 I just thought it'd be so cool to look back 0:31:11.680 --> 0:31:13.240 at the fire phone in like a couple of years, 0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:15.200 and can we do a story on the fire We 0:31:15.200 --> 0:31:15.920 should revisit. 0:31:16.000 --> 0:31:17.920 Let's power up. It probably doesn't power up anymore. 0:31:17.960 --> 0:31:21.000 You'll never for sure get invited to an Amazon. 0:31:21.240 --> 0:31:22.080 Amazon hates me. 0:31:22.800 --> 0:31:25.400 Actually, the list of companies that are ever since I 0:31:25.440 --> 0:31:27.960 started this podcast where I talk more about the companies 0:31:28.000 --> 0:31:29.960 that I cover, that's when it all started. 0:31:30.440 --> 0:31:32.320 Because they probably listened and they're like, Rich, we don't 0:31:32.360 --> 0:31:33.800 like you anymore. But here's the thing. 0:31:33.840 --> 0:31:36.840 I gotta keep it real for you, the listener. 0:31:36.480 --> 0:31:38.680 For your homies out there listening. 0:31:38.960 --> 0:31:43.200 I do because that is the bottom line. You gotta look, 0:31:43.240 --> 0:31:45.640 if I don't get invited to the secret champagne room 0:31:46.040 --> 0:31:48.480 at the Samsung event, so be it. 0:31:49.120 --> 0:31:52.200 Hey, at least your video got three million views. That 0:31:52.240 --> 0:31:54.800 doesn't hurt. That feels good. It did feel good, better 0:31:54.880 --> 0:31:59.560 than you know, less than that go ahead anyways. Next 0:31:59.600 --> 0:32:07.080 week is from Richard. Hello, Oh, I wrote this honestly, 0:32:07.320 --> 0:32:11.040 I think you did say he loves me. Richard asks, 0:32:11.200 --> 0:32:13.760 as of late, I have plenty of time. That must 0:32:13.800 --> 0:32:16.440 be nice, and I would like to know what equipment 0:32:16.600 --> 0:32:20.040 is needed to start a podcast. I have the latest 0:32:20.160 --> 0:32:21.040 Apple software. 0:32:21.720 --> 0:32:22.960 Oh, I don't think you. 0:32:22.920 --> 0:32:26.280 Should tell him because we don't need any more competition. Yeah, 0:32:26.480 --> 0:32:27.960 just kidding, Richard. 0:32:28.200 --> 0:32:32.000 You know I am not the best to answer this 0:32:32.120 --> 0:32:36.800 question because number one, we do this podcast in the 0:32:36.800 --> 0:32:38.920 worst possible way ever. I mean you hear the audio 0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:41.880 quality is not very good. Production quality is not very good. 0:32:41.920 --> 0:32:43.480 It's just not very We're not we are not. 0:32:43.560 --> 0:32:46.520 I was so harsh for the Model podcast. 0:32:46.600 --> 0:32:50.360 Let's be honest, and our audio audio sounds fine, I guess. 0:32:50.720 --> 0:32:52.080 But we have a nice board, which I'm not going 0:32:52.120 --> 0:32:54.560 to recommend to him because it's too expensive to start. 0:32:54.880 --> 0:32:58.440 But we have We use what's called the road cast 0:32:59.400 --> 0:33:01.400 roadcaster Pro. Are you is it on the back of it? 0:33:01.560 --> 0:33:01.800 Yeah? 0:33:01.840 --> 0:33:06.160 Okay, because it doesn't say it looking any broadcaster pro 0:33:06.440 --> 0:33:08.160 does this say it on there? And I thought it 0:33:08.200 --> 0:33:09.320 was about five hundred dollars. 0:33:09.360 --> 0:33:10.680 Yeah, it's probably about five hundred bucks. 0:33:10.680 --> 0:33:12.600 Okay, Hey, Richard might have some time. 0:33:12.800 --> 0:33:14.640 It depends if he has. He didn't say he hid money, 0:33:14.680 --> 0:33:16.880 he said he has time. And there's a couple of 0:33:16.880 --> 0:33:17.760 things in this life you. 0:33:17.680 --> 0:33:20.240 Get like if you have time. Though, if you have time, 0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:21.080 you can make money. 0:33:21.120 --> 0:33:22.200 You could make money. 0:33:22.440 --> 0:33:22.680 Well. 0:33:22.720 --> 0:33:24.680 So what I would recommend, and I would not recommend 0:33:24.720 --> 0:33:28.920 starting out with anything expensive. Start out with a USB 0:33:29.040 --> 0:33:33.080 microphone from Blue Microphones b l U E. Look up 0:33:33.120 --> 0:33:35.840 their mics. They've got great selections of things that started 0:33:35.920 --> 0:33:37.240 like fifty bucks all the way up to like a 0:33:37.240 --> 0:33:39.960 couple hundred. Get one of their mics, plug it into 0:33:39.960 --> 0:33:41.760 your computer. If you have an Apple computer with the 0:33:41.800 --> 0:33:45.120 latest software, get an app that lets your record. You 0:33:45.160 --> 0:33:49.880 can do it with something as simple as quick Time, 0:33:50.520 --> 0:33:55.800 or you can look at a company audio Hijack. Audio 0:33:55.880 --> 0:33:59.920 Hijack lets you record things. But this company, Rogue AMIEBA 0:34:00.720 --> 0:34:03.640 r O g U E A m O E b 0:34:03.880 --> 0:34:07.040 A Rogue Amiba has great little apps that can help 0:34:07.080 --> 0:34:10.040 you produce a podcast. They've got a whole bunch of them. 0:34:10.320 --> 0:34:12.560 But you can do it in garage band again for free. 0:34:12.960 --> 0:34:16.200 So my advice start out as cheap and as free 0:34:16.280 --> 0:34:19.279 as you can because the toughest part about doing a 0:34:19.320 --> 0:34:21.600 podcast is actually. 0:34:21.239 --> 0:34:22.600 Doing it on a regular basis. 0:34:22.680 --> 0:34:25.560 And it took me about three years of doing this 0:34:25.640 --> 0:34:28.759 podcast to actually do it on a regular basis. And 0:34:28.840 --> 0:34:30.759 now we have it in the calendar and we do 0:34:30.800 --> 0:34:32.439 it and we know we're gonna do it, and that's it. 0:34:32.440 --> 0:34:33.320 It's like meditation. 0:34:33.719 --> 0:34:35.640 Yeah, you have to do it every day five am. 0:34:35.760 --> 0:34:38.000 Like me, is that where you do at five am? 0:34:39.560 --> 0:34:41.120 Then I will do it at five am. 0:34:41.160 --> 0:34:41.319 Two. 0:34:41.400 --> 0:34:43.440 If you ever come to my desk and see me, 0:34:43.719 --> 0:34:45.759 like my biggest fear is like someone taps on me 0:34:45.800 --> 0:34:46.880 and they're like and they turn around. 0:34:46.880 --> 0:34:50.040 I'm like, oh, but you do it. 0:34:50.080 --> 0:34:51.680 Yeah, I do a little headspace. I don't do it 0:34:51.680 --> 0:34:53.600 every day. I do it and I remember, but I 0:34:53.600 --> 0:34:55.799 will be honest. Doing a little meditation at the beginning 0:34:55.840 --> 0:35:00.239 of your day is a very nice thing because it's to. 0:35:00.160 --> 0:35:01.480 The time when you start your day. What do you 0:35:01.520 --> 0:35:02.919 want to do? You want to get in, go, go, 0:35:02.920 --> 0:35:03.319 go go. 0:35:03.320 --> 0:35:06.839 Goody wants to meditate. I just like, have to get 0:35:06.840 --> 0:35:08.080 some stuff done, you know? 0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:11.319 So do I No? I know, but you find so 0:35:11.440 --> 0:35:11.880 I do it. 0:35:11.920 --> 0:35:13.280 And now I have so many questions. 0:35:13.360 --> 0:35:16.480 Well, usually what I do? I come in a little Yeah, 0:35:16.480 --> 0:35:16.920 it's a new thing. 0:35:16.960 --> 0:35:21.719 Okay, because because I can tell I yes, I yep, yep. 0:35:21.560 --> 0:35:22.080 I really have. 0:35:22.160 --> 0:35:24.600 I'm not kidding, like I truly feel like I've been 0:35:24.640 --> 0:35:25.040 more zen. 0:35:26.120 --> 0:35:28.239 This is really sorry for all the listeners listening to. 0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:30.600 This, but there aren't any, so that's okay. 0:35:30.760 --> 0:35:33.600 Sorry. Mom. So last week I was listening to a 0:35:33.600 --> 0:35:38.279 podcast about meditating and someone was commenting, oh, by the way, 0:35:38.440 --> 0:35:41.880 like once you started meditating, like everyone could tell and anyway, 0:35:41.960 --> 0:35:43.560 So then I meditated that day and I was like, wow, 0:35:43.600 --> 0:35:45.160 I need to do this more. And then the next 0:35:45.239 --> 0:35:47.120 day I was like, I should tell Rich we should 0:35:47.160 --> 0:35:50.400 have like designated ten minute like you're meditating, I'm meditating. 0:35:50.680 --> 0:35:52.080 Yeah, you're doing that. 0:35:52.000 --> 0:35:53.360 So now it okay. 0:35:53.560 --> 0:35:55.480 And we also actually have a room in the tech 0:35:55.520 --> 0:35:58.399 studio that's fully dark, so I think we get some 0:35:58.600 --> 0:36:02.839 candles in there, like a little mac and it's just 0:36:02.880 --> 0:36:04.800 like you put the little thing on the door that says, 0:36:04.840 --> 0:36:07.360 you know, do not disturb, But that would actually be 0:36:07.440 --> 0:36:09.359 kind of funny because that room is never used. 0:36:09.480 --> 0:36:10.600 We have two little rooms. 0:36:10.680 --> 0:36:12.520 Well one is like a closet. The other one's like 0:36:12.520 --> 0:36:15.080 more of like a little tiny be perfect meditation. Yeah, 0:36:15.560 --> 0:36:17.880 and I think it's important. I think the naps at 0:36:17.920 --> 0:36:20.880 work are important. I think that this is what I 0:36:20.880 --> 0:36:24.040 think we're realizing as humans as we get into like 0:36:24.080 --> 0:36:26.040 this new century is like I am. 0:36:25.960 --> 0:36:27.680 All about hard work. I love to work hard. 0:36:27.800 --> 0:36:31.200 You know that I love to Yes, I do play 0:36:31.200 --> 0:36:36.319 hard too, But the reality is you also have to 0:36:36.360 --> 0:36:40.480 take time to further yourself and to really make sure 0:36:40.480 --> 0:36:41.839 that you're doing okay. For me, a lot of it 0:36:41.880 --> 0:36:43.960 is running. Like I run a lot, so that's like 0:36:44.040 --> 0:36:45.959 my time and like whatever, and I like to read 0:36:46.000 --> 0:36:48.799 a lot. Some other people it's like Netflix or whatever. 0:36:48.840 --> 0:36:51.720 But I don't feel like that really actually calms your brain. 0:36:51.840 --> 0:36:53.400 Like I know a lot of people think like, oh, 0:36:53.400 --> 0:36:55.560 if I watch TV for an hour, but I don't 0:36:55.560 --> 0:36:59.080 think it does. I think it actually it shuffles things 0:36:59.080 --> 0:37:01.640 around a lot more because you're seeing things on the 0:37:01.680 --> 0:37:03.319 screen and you're kind of like thinking about them and 0:37:03.320 --> 0:37:05.359 they it triggers other feelings and you know what I mean, 0:37:05.400 --> 0:37:05.839 Like if you're. 0:37:05.840 --> 0:37:07.880 Totally any show you're watch, I feel like whenever I 0:37:07.880 --> 0:37:09.640 watch TV, I'm always on my phone too. 0:37:09.880 --> 0:37:10.520 That's another show. 0:37:10.600 --> 0:37:13.800 So I'm like basically doing like too much at once. 0:37:14.000 --> 0:37:15.719 But that's a real problem in general, and I don't 0:37:15.760 --> 0:37:17.960 know what the solution is because I find myself like 0:37:18.080 --> 0:37:21.080 yesterday I was homesick with my kid and I'm not kidding, 0:37:21.080 --> 0:37:22.760 I must have looked at my phone for seven hours 0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:24.360 and it's it's a problem, like. 0:37:24.360 --> 0:37:26.520 The screen time stuff. I'm like, that's a problem. 0:37:26.600 --> 0:37:27.000 Yeah, it is. 0:37:27.040 --> 0:37:30.799 Anyway, start the podcast and you know it'll be great. 0:37:30.960 --> 0:37:33.040 Just just send us a link so we can listen 0:37:33.080 --> 0:37:33.359 to it. 0:37:33.920 --> 0:37:35.520 Okay, let me get to this because I did mention 0:37:35.600 --> 0:37:39.240 it in the intro. But Mac malware out pacing Windows 0:37:39.280 --> 0:37:42.279 malware for the our Windows PC threats for the first 0:37:42.320 --> 0:37:45.080 time since twenty nineteen. A new report from malware Bite 0:37:45.080 --> 0:37:49.400 says four hundred percent increase in detected Mac malware on 0:37:49.440 --> 0:37:51.719 a year by year basis. And you might be thinking, wait, what, 0:37:52.000 --> 0:37:54.560 Mac doesn't have any issues, there's no malware for Mac. 0:37:55.040 --> 0:37:56.640 But here is what they say. 0:37:56.800 --> 0:37:59.840 It's not necessarily viruses like you would think and the 0:37:59.840 --> 0:38:02.680 trojan horses of the like the Windows. 0:38:02.200 --> 0:38:04.239 Side of things. What it really is. 0:38:04.280 --> 0:38:07.080 And there's one program in particular that I've seen in 0:38:07.280 --> 0:38:09.520 action on my mother in law's computer. 0:38:10.440 --> 0:38:11.799 It's a lot of it is. 0:38:11.840 --> 0:38:17.160 This is basic malware like adware that takes over I 0:38:17.200 --> 0:38:20.400 call it browser hijacking. And when you go to search 0:38:20.440 --> 0:38:22.440 for something, all of a sudden, it's searching on some 0:38:22.640 --> 0:38:25.440 random search website. And what they're doing is you might 0:38:25.480 --> 0:38:28.000 get the same links like some Google stuff, but all 0:38:28.040 --> 0:38:30.000 the ads are taken over by this other company that 0:38:30.040 --> 0:38:33.520 makes money when you misclick something or just keeps putting 0:38:33.560 --> 0:38:37.160 pop ups. The other program is called mac Keeper, which 0:38:37.200 --> 0:38:40.840 is a quote unquote cleaning program. And I noticed this 0:38:40.960 --> 0:38:43.399 was installed on her computer, and at first I thought 0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:45.080 it was a handy little program. I was like, Oh, 0:38:45.120 --> 0:38:47.120 that's good, she has a little Mac clean up clean. No, 0:38:47.200 --> 0:38:51.719 it's total bogus. So to uninstall these things on Mac 0:38:51.800 --> 0:38:53.960 is actually quite easy, but you have to know what 0:38:54.000 --> 0:38:56.040 you're doing. Yeah, most people that are getting these things 0:38:56.080 --> 0:38:58.160 don't know what they're doing, so they can't just find 0:38:58.280 --> 0:39:00.359 and drag the program to the trash. And a lot 0:39:00.360 --> 0:39:03.160 of times they do put tentacles in the operating system 0:39:03.160 --> 0:39:04.680 that makes them a little bit tougher to get rid 0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:07.240 of than a typical program that's so creepy. 0:39:07.560 --> 0:39:08.480 It's just really annoying. 0:39:08.840 --> 0:39:12.120 And Mac is still a safe environment when it comes 0:39:12.160 --> 0:39:12.960 to like viruses. 0:39:13.040 --> 0:39:13.760 A lot of the times. 0:39:13.800 --> 0:39:16.560 But again, what they're doing is they're targeting this malware 0:39:16.640 --> 0:39:19.480 because they can make money off of it, and they've 0:39:19.520 --> 0:39:21.200 got it installed on a bunch of computers. So the 0:39:21.239 --> 0:39:23.360 two things you need to look out for is something 0:39:23.400 --> 0:39:26.640 called new tab and that again is what you know 0:39:26.880 --> 0:39:29.640 tab and that's kind of adware. And then there's one 0:39:29.680 --> 0:39:34.920 called pc vark pc vark and mac keeper and those 0:39:34.920 --> 0:39:37.880 are the things that are really the bad stuff. All right, 0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:39.160 I think we have time for one more question on 0:39:39.200 --> 0:39:40.080 your OPA. 0:39:40.640 --> 0:39:41.879 One more quick, one quick one. 0:39:42.000 --> 0:39:48.960 Okay, let's see. Okay, So this last question comes from Subhan. Currently, 0:39:49.200 --> 0:39:53.560 I'm using Google Chrome, Google Chrome Cast first generation and 0:39:53.600 --> 0:39:58.120 I'm upgrading to Roku Ultra streaming player. Is the Roku 0:39:58.320 --> 0:39:59.960 ultrastreaming player worth it? 0:40:00.680 --> 0:40:04.800 Yes? I think so. Roku Ultra is their nicest Roku player. 0:40:05.360 --> 0:40:08.320 It's got a lot of great features, it's fast, it's smooth. 0:40:09.440 --> 0:40:11.279 I've been testing it out. I think we've talked about 0:40:11.320 --> 0:40:14.120 this in previous shows. So I've been using it, you know, 0:40:14.400 --> 0:40:16.040 every once in a while to kind of see like 0:40:16.080 --> 0:40:17.960 what it does, how it reacts to things like when 0:40:18.000 --> 0:40:19.759 Disney Plus came out, I kind of looked on there 0:40:19.800 --> 0:40:23.040 to see how Disney Plus worked. I would say my 0:40:23.239 --> 0:40:27.120 impression of the Roku interface, it's not my favorite. I 0:40:27.120 --> 0:40:30.759 think for simplicity, Apple TV is my favorite, and I 0:40:30.800 --> 0:40:35.360 think for like just a cheap streamer, Fire TV is 0:40:35.400 --> 0:40:37.400 really nice, but it's crowded with a lot of stuff 0:40:37.400 --> 0:40:40.920 on the screen. Roku, I think has a nice balance 0:40:40.920 --> 0:40:43.839 of like simplicity, but also there are ads on the screen, 0:40:43.840 --> 0:40:46.640 which I don't necessarily like. But also I love their 0:40:46.719 --> 0:40:49.000 universal search, and I love all the features you get. 0:40:49.040 --> 0:40:51.879 It's the Ultra has all the features you can want 0:40:51.920 --> 0:40:53.879 in a streaming player for a hundred. 0:40:53.560 --> 0:40:55.800 Bucks, which is kind of nice. 0:40:56.040 --> 0:40:57.759 So I say it's a great upgrade from the and 0:40:57.800 --> 0:40:59.640 I think you're gonna love the fact that you have 0:40:59.760 --> 0:41:03.200 a remote control that's dedicated. You have a volume button 0:41:03.280 --> 0:41:05.080 on the side of your remote, which is really nice. 0:41:05.080 --> 0:41:06.839 You have a power on and off which controls your 0:41:06.880 --> 0:41:10.000 TV so you only need one remote for everything, which 0:41:10.040 --> 0:41:12.120 is great nice. Plus you can plug your headphones into 0:41:12.160 --> 0:41:14.320 the remote on the Ultra, which is also really nice, 0:41:14.680 --> 0:41:16.080 so you don't have to disturb people if you want 0:41:16.120 --> 0:41:17.000 to watch stuff quietly. 0:41:17.760 --> 0:41:17.960 Right. 0:41:18.360 --> 0:41:19.800 It's just a nice little player. 0:41:20.640 --> 0:41:20.920 Cool. 0:41:20.960 --> 0:41:23.279 So I think he made a great decision. All right, 0:41:23.320 --> 0:41:24.680 two more things I want to tell you about before 0:41:24.719 --> 0:41:28.840 we go twenty twenty elections. Siri can now answer questions 0:41:28.880 --> 0:41:32.200 about results, primaries and more so you can ask real 0:41:32.280 --> 0:41:35.879 time results like Hey, Siri, who's winning the New Hampshire primaries? 0:41:36.400 --> 0:41:39.279 Who's winning? Who won the Democratic Iowa caucus? 0:41:39.360 --> 0:41:40.000 Can I try it? 0:41:40.239 --> 0:41:41.840 And yeah? Sure? Go ahead? 0:41:42.760 --> 0:41:45.040 Results come from Associated Press, So ask it. Who won 0:41:45.120 --> 0:41:47.319 the what was the last New Hampshire? Ask who won 0:41:47.360 --> 0:41:48.000 the New Hampshire? 0:41:48.080 --> 0:41:55.040 Hey, Siri, who won the New Hampshire primary primary? 0:41:55.640 --> 0:41:58.799 According to the Associated Press, Bernie Sanders won the New 0:41:58.840 --> 0:41:59.960 Hampshire Democratic prime. 0:42:00.000 --> 0:42:02.560 I'm with twenty six point two percent of the vote. 0:42:02.880 --> 0:42:05.919 Donald Trump won the Republican primary with ninety point four 0:42:05.960 --> 0:42:06.960 percent of the vote. 0:42:07.640 --> 0:42:11.279 There you go, that's really so, that's kind of cool. Okay, 0:42:11.280 --> 0:42:13.200 so we got a Siri now Google assistant. I know 0:42:13.280 --> 0:42:16.120 Valentine's Day is coming up. You may listen to this 0:42:16.160 --> 0:42:19.279 before or after, but you've got a whole weekend. This 0:42:19.320 --> 0:42:20.959 is kind of cool. I did not get a chance 0:42:21.040 --> 0:42:23.120 to test this out yesterday, so I will do this 0:42:23.160 --> 0:42:25.480 when I get home. But you can now say, hey, Google, 0:42:25.680 --> 0:42:28.000 turn up the love which hold on I gotta make 0:42:28.000 --> 0:42:30.080 sure it doesn't do it on my phone. And it 0:42:30.160 --> 0:42:32.800 will do all kinds of stuff. So it will play 0:42:32.880 --> 0:42:36.440 smooth jazz music. Wow, it will change your color, changing 0:42:36.520 --> 0:42:38.160 lights to romantic red and purple. 0:42:39.360 --> 0:42:39.960 Kind of fun. 0:42:40.120 --> 0:42:42.200 That is fun, kind of cool. Can am using that? 0:42:42.440 --> 0:42:42.839 I will. 0:42:47.520 --> 0:42:49.480 It's Valentine's Eve. 0:42:49.520 --> 0:42:55.560 Awkward, But anyway, this is so I'll tell you a 0:42:55.560 --> 0:42:59.120 funny story. I'll get away from the awkward. Megan question, 0:43:00.120 --> 0:43:00.720 No awkward. 0:43:00.760 --> 0:43:01.759 I was just asking they. 0:43:01.680 --> 0:43:05.759 Had a similar thing for Halloween. And I told this 0:43:05.800 --> 0:43:07.479 story on the podcast. I thing a long time ago, 0:43:07.760 --> 0:43:11.000 but it used to be like, h Google get spooky 0:43:11.080 --> 0:43:12.440 or something like that. And I was doing this in 0:43:12.440 --> 0:43:16.040 my office testing and all of a sudden, every smart 0:43:16.120 --> 0:43:19.799 device in the house started doing creepy crazy Halloween things, 0:43:19.800 --> 0:43:22.520 so playing music. I'm talking, the TV would start playing 0:43:22.560 --> 0:43:25.400 like creepy stuff, like all the lights were flickering, and 0:43:25.440 --> 0:43:27.279 my wife from the other room and yells, and she's like, 0:43:27.440 --> 0:43:29.840 what is going on because she had I had no 0:43:29.880 --> 0:43:33.120 idea what was happening in other rooms. Other things she 0:43:33.200 --> 0:43:36.960 can do asking the assistant for Valentine's Day, Hey, Google, 0:43:37.080 --> 0:43:41.719 play romantic music show romantic dinner recipes serenade me play 0:43:41.760 --> 0:43:43.200 a podcast about relationships. 0:43:43.239 --> 0:43:44.720 Oh, Megan, you've said that before. 0:43:46.160 --> 0:43:49.680 Yeah, I'm definitely gonna be using the Google serenade. 0:43:49.160 --> 0:43:52.359 Me tell me a fact about love, to learn about 0:43:52.400 --> 0:43:56.600 love and the Animal Kingdom, and Happy Valentine's Day, to 0:43:56.680 --> 0:43:58.719 learn how to say I Love you in eight different languages, 0:43:58.880 --> 0:44:01.600 and do you love me? Will help create a heartfelt 0:44:01.680 --> 0:44:05.960 poem with the assistant. Oh real quick, Google Assistant. Another 0:44:05.960 --> 0:44:08.000 thing I'm loving right now. And I just started using 0:44:08.000 --> 0:44:10.279 this because of that commercial during the Super Bowl where 0:44:10.320 --> 0:44:12.320 it was did you see the Loretta commercial where it 0:44:12.360 --> 0:44:14.399 was like the really sad old man who his wife 0:44:14.440 --> 0:44:18.360 died and he kept saying, remember that Loretta loved you 0:44:18.400 --> 0:44:22.759 know chocolate. Okay, turns out that actually does come in handy. 0:44:22.800 --> 0:44:25.040 I used it twice because my kid got sick and 0:44:25.080 --> 0:44:27.680 I had to remember when I gave him talentol and 0:44:27.719 --> 0:44:30.760 I said, Google, remember that I gave my kid talana 0:44:30.800 --> 0:44:33.239 at twelve fifteen pm. And then my wife comes home 0:44:33.320 --> 0:44:34.600 she's like, what times you give him talent? I'm like, 0:44:34.719 --> 0:44:37.759 I can't remember, h Google, what did I tell you 0:44:37.800 --> 0:44:40.640 to remember? And sure enough on the screen is said, 0:44:40.840 --> 0:44:43.040 you gave your son talent aw twelve fifteen PM. Really 0:44:43.239 --> 0:44:46.040 kind of cool, so you can It's kind of like 0:44:46.080 --> 0:44:48.960 a reminder, but like it's for longer term remembering. 0:44:49.239 --> 0:44:51.239 Reminder like kind of triggers at a certain time. 0:44:51.360 --> 0:44:54.319 Remember is just like, hey, remember remember that I want 0:44:54.320 --> 0:44:57.040 to read that book, you know or whatever. So it's 0:44:57.120 --> 0:44:58.560 kind of a cool little feature to use. 0:44:58.600 --> 0:45:01.240 Imber remember I should ignore that person? 0:45:01.360 --> 0:45:01.840 Does Siri? 0:45:02.000 --> 0:45:06.399 Do you remember, say, remember that I ate lunch four 0:45:06.440 --> 0:45:06.919 hours ago? 0:45:07.440 --> 0:45:12.839 Hey, Siri, remember that I ate lunch four hours ago. 0:45:14.920 --> 0:45:16.680 I don't see an app Yeah, okay. 0:45:16.480 --> 0:45:20.560 So she doesn't do it. Kind of cool. It's just 0:45:20.640 --> 0:45:22.279 kind of a neat little thing. And I think the 0:45:22.280 --> 0:45:23.680 more you use it, the more you can kind of 0:45:23.680 --> 0:45:28.040 come up with different I don't know, just different little 0:45:28.040 --> 0:45:29.000 things that you would use it for. 0:45:29.120 --> 0:45:30.799 Right on forgets a lot of things. So maybe she 0:45:30.840 --> 0:45:31.719 should start. 0:45:31.880 --> 0:45:36.120 So the syntax is h Google remember that. And I 0:45:36.120 --> 0:45:38.319 looked at it when I first started using this, I 0:45:38.360 --> 0:45:41.080 remembered that. The first time I used it, or I 0:45:41.080 --> 0:45:42.879 guess the first time I used it was when I said, 0:45:42.920 --> 0:45:45.640 remember me for Coco, like play the song, and so 0:45:45.719 --> 0:45:49.600 I said me Coco or something like the movie. 0:45:49.600 --> 0:45:54.279 When that was so it clearly missed. Got my anyway, 0:45:54.680 --> 0:45:56.720 that's cool. 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Megan's got a big family. You can 0:46:30.800 --> 0:46:36.799 find me on Instagram at rich on Tech. Just a reminder, Oh, 0:46:37.120 --> 0:46:40.000 never remind I had my notes in there from last week. 0:46:40.000 --> 0:46:40.880 I don't have a reminder. 0:46:41.160 --> 0:46:44.759 Oh okay, well, remember to use the Google thing. 0:46:44.880 --> 0:46:46.040 How can folks find you, Meghan? 0:46:46.320 --> 0:46:49.160 I'm on Twitter at producer Megan. 0:46:49.719 --> 0:46:51.480 That's going to do it for this episode of the show. 0:46:51.520 --> 0:46:53.880 I'm Rich damiro On behalf of everyone that gets us 0:46:53.880 --> 0:46:55.719 to your ears. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you 0:46:55.800 --> 0:46:56.279 real soon.